taint

taint  (tnt)

v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints

v.tr.

1. To affect with or as if with a disease.

2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See Synonyms at contaminate.

3. To corrupt morally.

4. To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible.

v.intr.

To become affected with decay or putrefaction; spoil.

n.

1. A moral defect considered as a stain or spot. See Synonyms at stain.

2. An infecting touch, influence, or tinge.

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[Partly from obsolete taynt, to color, dye (from Anglo-Norman teint, from Latin tingere), and partly from Middle English tainten, to convict (short for atteinten, from Old French ataint; see attain).]

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taintless adj.

taintless·ly adv.

taintless·ness n.

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taint

Verb

to spoil or contaminate by an undesirable quality: tainted by corruption

Noun

1. a defect or flaw

2. a trace of contamination or infection [Old French teindre to dye]

tainted adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	taint - the state of being contaminated       contamination impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure dust contamination - state of being contaminated with dust
Verb	1.	taint - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" defile, sully, corrupt, cloud mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
	2.	taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism infect superinfect - infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

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taint

verb 1. disgrace, shame, dishonour, brand, ruin, blacken, stigmatize

verb 2. spoil, ruin, contaminate, damage, soil, dirty, poison, foul, infect, stain, corrupt, smear, muddy, pollute, blight, tarnish, blot, blemish, sully, defile, adulterate, besmirch, vitiate, smirch << OPPOSITE purify

Translations

taint [teɪnt] vt [+ meat, food] → contaminar;

(fig) [+ reputation]; manchar, tachar (LAM)

taint [teɪnt] vt [+ meat, food] → gâter (fig) [+ reputation]; salir

taint [teɪnt] vt [+ meat, food] → verderben (fig) [+ reputation etc]; beschmutzen

taint [teɪnt] vt [+ meat, food] → far avariare;

(fig) [+ reputation]; infangare

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taint

v taint [teint]

1 to spoil (something) by touching it or bringing it into contact with something bad or rotten The meat has been tainted. bederf يُلَطِّخ، يُلَوِّث، يُفْسِد опетнявам zkazit inficere verderben μολύνω echar a perder; contaminar riknema ajama, ära rikkuma فاسد شدن؛ صدمه دیدن pilaannuttaa gâter, corrompre לְהִתקַלקֵל दूषित करना (po)kvariti, uprljati megfertőz mencemari spilla(st), menga(st) guastare, contaminare よごす 더럽히다, 부패시키다, 오염시키다 sugadinti sabojāt menjadi busuk bederven (be)smitte, infisere, forderve skazić contaminar a se strica, a se altera портить(ся) skaziť (sa) okužiti pokvariti göra skämd ทำให้มีรอยเปื้อน bozmak, kokutmak (使)腐壞, 感染 псувати خراب کرنا، آلودہ کرنا làm hỏng （使）腐坏, 感染

2 to affect (someone or something) with something evil or immoral; to corrupt He has been tainted by his contact with criminals. bederf يُفْسِد покварявам nakazit se fordærve; ødelægge verderben μιαίνω, διαφθείρω contaminar; corromper rikkuma, korrumpeerima اثر بد گذاشتن turmella corrompre לְזַהֵם छूत लगाना pokvariti, loše djelovati megront mempengaruhi spilla(st) corrompere, guastare 腐敗させる 타락시키다; 타락하다 pagadinti, pakenkti, sutepti sabojāt reputāciju dicemari bederven forderve zepsuć contaminar a (se) strica портить; развращать nakaziť (sa) spriditi blatiti fläcka, besudla, fördärva มีมลทิน bozmak, lekelemek 腐蝕 псувати متاثر کرنا làm hư hỏng 腐蚀

n

a mark or trace of something bad, rotten or evil the taint of decay. smet, skandvlek شائِبَه، لَطْخَه، عَيْب следа nákaza plet der Anflug μίασμα, ίχνος μόλυνσης mancha, mancilla; corrupción plekk, rüvetus اثر بد؛ خدشه tahra souillure, corruption שֶׁמֶץ שֶׁל רֵיח רַע मैलापन mrlja romlottság (nyoma) noda blettur; veila; skemmd ombra, macchia 汚れ 얼룩, 흔적 dėmė, ženklas pazīme; iezīme; izpausme tanda-tanda smet plett, besmittelse skaza mancha urmă; boală налёт nákaza madež mrlja smitta, fördärv, skamfläck จุดด่างพร้อย leke; bozulma, kokuşma 腐壞 наліт; зіпсованість داغ vết nhơ 腐坏

adj ˈtainted

spoiled or corrupted tainted food; The nation is tainted with evil and corruption. besmet فاسِد، مُنْتِن покварен zkažený, nakažený fordærvet verdorben μολυσμένος, χαλασμένος echado a perder; viciado, corrompido riknenud, rikutud فاسد شده pilaantunut, turmeltunut souillé, corrompu מקולקל, מוּשחַת दूषित pokvaren fertőzött rusak spilltur contaminato, corrotto 腐った 부패한 pagedęs, sugedęs sabojājies; sabojāts; pagrimis busuk; tercemar bedorven fordervet, råtten zepsuty, skażony contaminado stricat; corupt испорченный skazený, nakazený okužen ukaljan skämd, fläckad, fördärvad ซึ่งเน่าเสีย bozulmuş, lekelenmiş ...腐壞的 зіпсований داغ دار، خراب hư hỏng; đội bại ...腐坏的